Apple A12 Bionic vs Unisoc Tiger T7520

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of benchmarks and speed tests Apple A12 Bionic vs Unisoc Tiger T7520, comparison of GPUs Apple A12 Bionic and Mali-G57 MP6.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: A12 Bionic is gexa-core (Vortex) and Tiger T7520 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests like Neocore, WebXPRT 3, Vellamo, GFXBench, AnTuTu, Octane V2, PCMark, 3DMark, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5, Mozilla Kraken, Quadrant, and how good the processors are in games Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which SoCs is better to buy A12 Bionic or Tiger T7520 and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

A12 Bionic

30%

Tiger T7520

17%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

A12 Bionic

72%

Tiger T7520

78%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

A12 Bionic

29%

Tiger T7520

16%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	A12 Bionic	Tiger T7520
Total score	419987	236686
CPU	117593	66278
GPU	159589	89949
MEM	67188	37865
UX	75591	42609

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	A12 Bionic	Tiger T7520
Single-Core	900	488
Multi-Core	2970	1952

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	A12 Bionic	Tiger T7520
Frequency	2490 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	6	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Transistors count	6900 millions
Core configuration	2x2.49GHz Vortex 4x1.6 GHz Tempest	2x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 6x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	12 Gb	16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2133	1066
Memory bandwidth	34.1	29
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	1 MB
L3 cache		4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A12 Bionic is 11% better than Tiger T7520 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A12 Bionic has 2 more core than Tiger T7520. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Apple A12 Bionic	Mali-G57 MP6
GPU Frequency	2500 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	586	846
# of Cores	4	6
# of Shader Units
Display	2688 x 1242 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	27.4	26.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	54.2	30.1
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	56.3	55.6
Call of Duty: Mobile	40.9	36.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	45.3	22.5
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	74.5	34.9
Real Racing 3	84.5	69.5
Sniper 3D	107	122.3
Need for Speed No Limits	67.6	89
Mortal Kombat X	64.7	63.9
CSR Racing 2	78.8	77.8

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	12 MP	100 MP
Dual Camera resolution	12 MP	48 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Apple ISP	Vivi Magic
Video Encoding FPS	960	30
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	Dolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Intel XMM 7560 LTE	Makalu IVY510 5G
Download speed	1000 MBit/s.	8000 MBit/s.
Upload speed	350 MBit/s.	4000 MBit/s.
Navigation	Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	Yes	Yes
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Apple A12 Bionic is better: 27
The number of parameters for which Unisoc Tiger T7520 is better: 15
You need to know that you should not blindly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets think, as well as read the test results at the links below.

A12 Bionic SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10

• A12 Bionic specs and review.

Tiger T7520 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Tiger T7520 specs and review.